Source: Associated Press
Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
June 21, 2022
UVALDE, Texas (AP) Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers, according to a Monday news report that marks the latest embarrassing revelation about the failure of law enforcement to thwart the attack.
The officers with heavier firepower and tactical equipment were there within 19 minutes of the gunman arriving on campus earlier than previously known, according to documents reviewed by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV.
The outlets report, which did not indicate the source of the documents, nevertheless intensifies the anguish and questions over why police didnt act sooner to stop the May 24 slaughter in the Robb Elementary School classroom.
The information is to be presented to a public Texas Senate hearing in Austin on Tuesday. Investigators say the latest information indicates officers had more than enough firepower and protection to take down the gunman long before they finally did, the outlets reported.
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